diff --git a/net/sched/act_police.c b/net/sched/act_police.c
index 0923aa2b8f8a..899fe025df77 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_police.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_police.c
@@ -239,6 +239,20 @@ release_idr:
 	return err;
 }
 
+static bool tcf_police_mtu_check(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 limit)
+{
+	u32 len;
+
+	if (skb_is_gso(skb))
+		return skb_gso_validate_mac_len(skb, limit);
+
+	len = qdisc_pkt_len(skb);
+	if (skb_at_tc_ingress(skb))
+		len += skb->mac_len;
+
+	return len <= limit;
+}
+
 static int tcf_police_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 			  struct tcf_result *res)
 {
@@ -261,7 +275,7 @@ static int tcf_police_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 			goto inc_overlimits;
 	}
 
-	if (qdisc_pkt_len(skb) <= p->tcfp_mtu) {
+	if (tcf_police_mtu_check(skb, p->tcfp_mtu)) {
 		if (!p->rate_present && !p->pps_present) {
 			ret = p->tcfp_result;
 			goto end;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/tc_police.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/tc_police.sh
index 4f9f17cb45d6..0a51eef21b9e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/tc_police.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/forwarding/tc_police.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ ALL_TESTS="
 	police_tx_mirror_test
 	police_pps_rx_test
 	police_pps_tx_test
+	police_mtu_rx_test
+	police_mtu_tx_test
 "
 NUM_NETIFS=6
 source tc_common.sh
@@ -346,6 +348,56 @@ police_pps_tx_test()
 	tc filter del dev $rp2 egress protocol ip pref 1 handle 101 flower
 }
 
+police_mtu_common_test() {
+	RET=0
+
+	local test_name=$1; shift
+	local dev=$1; shift
+	local direction=$1; shift
+
+	tc filter add dev $dev $direction protocol ip pref 1 handle 101 flower \
+		dst_ip 198.51.100.1 ip_proto udp dst_port 54321 \
+		action police mtu 1042 conform-exceed drop/ok
+
+	# to count "conform" packets
+	tc filter add dev $h2 ingress protocol ip pref 1 handle 101 flower \
+		dst_ip 198.51.100.1 ip_proto udp dst_port 54321 \
+		action drop
+
+	mausezahn $h1 -a own -b $(mac_get $rp1) -A 192.0.2.1 -B 198.51.100.1 \
+		-t udp sp=12345,dp=54321 -p 1001 -c 10 -q
+
+	mausezahn $h1 -a own -b $(mac_get $rp1) -A 192.0.2.1 -B 198.51.100.1 \
+		-t udp sp=12345,dp=54321 -p 1000 -c 3 -q
+
+	tc_check_packets "dev $dev $direction" 101 13
+	check_err $? "wrong packet counter"
+
+	# "exceed" packets
+	local overlimits_t0=$(tc_rule_stats_get ${dev} 1 ${direction} .overlimits)
+	test ${overlimits_t0} = 10
+	check_err $? "wrong overlimits, expected 10 got ${overlimits_t0}"
+
+	# "conform" packets
+	tc_check_packets "dev $h2 ingress" 101 3
+	check_err $? "forwarding error"
+
+	tc filter del dev $h2 ingress protocol ip pref 1 handle 101 flower
+	tc filter del dev $dev $direction protocol ip pref 1 handle 101 flower
+
+	log_test "$test_name"
+}
+
+police_mtu_rx_test()
+{
+	police_mtu_common_test "police mtu (rx)" $rp1 ingress
+}
+
+police_mtu_tx_test()
+{
+	police_mtu_common_test "police mtu (tx)" $rp2 egress
+}
+
 setup_prepare()
 {
 	h1=${NETIFS[p1]}